The Lives of Five Hundred Thousand
Debate with Risa

After the departure of Surya I calculated the amount of money he had given before he left. I counted fifty thousand bills that still look new maybe he just pulled it from the ATM machine.

"Five hundred thousand" I said softly.

"Like Nominal monthly living. Is this money a substitute for the living he didn't give me the last two months?" I guessed while thinking.

Drt.drt..

Cell phone vibrates in the drawer. I got up and took it. A notification from m banking that a million dollars has been logged into my account.

Drt.drt..

Soon a message from Surya's mas followed and I read it immediately.

"Million dollars I've transferred, baby. It's my two-month living money that I haven't given you. While the money in your hands is a bonus for you because you have served your husband until satisfied."

I closed my eyes feeling my current feelings. Between happy and sad. Glad that Surya has given me a living money that he has not given me for the past two months even though the nominal is no addition but still five hundred thousand. And sad that he gave me a bonus of money when I could satisfy him in bed. Mas Surya like to think of me as a pe la cur that is used and then paid after being satisfied.

"Mommy.mama..!" zain shouted outside my room. I put my phone back in the drawer and put the money on the table.

When I opened the door to my room, Zain pushed slowly through the door and hugged my leg sobbing. Maybe if Zain is good at talking and his intonation is clear he will likely protest why his mother let him sleep alone.

I crouched down and hugged him and said with great regret." Sorry mommy yes son, sorry mommy. again mama hurt Zain." Then I kissed her face full of tears.

At half-eight, Zain was tidy and fragrant as well as myself. This morning I did not cook for breakfast but instead would buy porridge Bu Minah only.

I walked slowly while leading Zain towards the porridge stall. Sometimes I tag Zain to make him laugh. Along with that an Avanza car passed and then sounded the horn repeatedly as if I and Zain were walking in the middle of the road and blocking the way when we were on the side.

I stopped my steps and the car stopped right next to me and the windshield opened and I saw a middle-aged man I knew very well. He smiled widely and said, "where are you going?"

"You go to the porridge stall, sir ustad."

"Owh, yuk, I also want to go through that direction," invite ustad Amir.

"Thank you, Mr. Ustad, but I'm sorry it doesn't feel like the stall is near anymore either nyampe."I refused the invitation of the Ustad Amir because I did not want to be the gossip of the village people have to walk with the husband of the person and an ustad too.

"Owh is so. yes already then I am first huh?"

"Please mr. ustad."

I continued my steps again after Amir's car drove first. After arriving at the porridge stall Bu Minah looks quite crowded. In the middle of the crowd of buyers, I saw that there was Bu Rida and her son Risa who were waiting in line.

I walked closer to Bu Minah's porridge shop and my arrival turned out to be the center of attention of two people who had always considered me their rival. I did not greet them but just gave my sweetest smile. Then I went forward to approach Bu Minah about to order some porridge.

"Chew, dong ngantri. Just come and play, "Someone jerked me in the back. I turned my head back to see that Miss Rida was talking while looking sinisterly at me.

"Owh, I justad calm down I will not take possession of my mother. I just ordered first," I replied casually. Then turn my eyes forward.

Risa suddenly pulled my hand back to surprise me and almost dropped Zain from the sling.

"Ris off!"I brushed off the rough hand of Risa who was holding tightly to my hand and made her slightly shaken. It was not without reason that I brushed him off rudely because Zain was about to slump from the sling and I needed two hands to hold him back from falling over.

"Say me mba, where's Raihan? you hid Raihan so he wouldn't be engaged to me?" Risa asked and accused while shaking my shoulder so that her actions made Zain frightened and crying.

While removing Risa's hand from my shoulder I said with annoyance."What are you Risa's recklessly accusing me of hiding Raihan."

Our debate becomes the spectacle of people who want to buy porridge. I was so upset at Risa making the one who had embarrassed herself alone.

"It was you who hid Raihan, right? I just told you you were Nuri."

"Do you have any evidence to accuse me of that?"ask me with a look not to lose to Risa.

"Raihan is often the same as you who else if not you who hid Raihan." Accuse me again.

I shook my head not thinking Risa had accused me of hiding Raihan when I did not know where she was for a month.

"Quick tell me mba, where's Raihan?" asked Risa again with a jerking tone.

"I've told you how many times I haven't hidden Raihan and I don't know where he is right now. Don't just accuse you Risa."

"It's all because you're a cheap girl. If it wasn't you who always bothered Raihan he wouldn't have refused to get engaged to me." Risa spoke in a high voice and her harsh words started to come out. I did not accept being called a cheap woman and I replied to her.

"Well, what are you saying, I'm a cheap girl? is it not the opposite you are cheap! it's obvious that he doesn't like you but you keep pushing him and finally run away, right?"

"I'm not teaching you cheap women..!" Risa didn't accept it and she was about to slap me but I immediately parried her hand and said, "don't try to touch a fingernail if you don't want me to break your short hand," leadek me with a growl. Then I threw his hand violently made his body shaken and turned and almost fell if not held by Bu Rida.

"It's too bad you dare to hurt my son Nuri," snapped Bu Rida with his face and chest up and down. She doesn't accept her son being treated like a slender by me.

I wasn't afraid of the jolt and I chimed in, too," everyone here also knows who started and who hurt first.Please teach this highly educated child ma ustad to be polite to others. Indiscriminately accusing me of hiding Raihan. I just don't know where Raihan is."

People still faithfully watch our debates without anyone wanting to interfere in our affairs and I really like it. But there is a mother who is idly asking about Risa and Raihan's relationship.

"It was not that Ms. Rida said at that time that the mother's son was engaged to her son Bu Haji. But Risa herself accuses Nuri of hiding Raihan because Raihan does not want to be married to a mother's child."

Bu Rida seems to be holding back the shame because her own son had unconsciously revealed about the engagement and caused Raihan to run away from his home because he refused to be betrothed to Risa. While Bu Rida himself admitted to everyone that his son was engaged to Raihan.